Pediatric Cancer Month

 This month, each week we will be talking about pediatric cancer.  

Our Emily battled lymphoma not only once, but twice via UNMC/Children's Hospitals in Nebraska!

Here is a resource to get you started.

UNMC.EDU states:

The Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplant division is a regional referral site for the diagnosis and treatment of infants, children and adolescents with cancer and blood diseases. We offer the state's only pediatric hematologists/oncologists who are nationally known experts in their fields.  The division is comprised of physicians and health care professionals with decades of experience dedicated to patient care, research and teaching.  We offer a comprehensive range of services provided by a team of health care professionals at both UNMC and Children's Hospital & Medical Center.  The division is a member of Children's Oncology Group (COG), and members are involved in national and international research through the support of the Pediatric Cancer Research Group (PCRG). 

Furthermore, the American Journal of Medicine found that: SIOD is not a classical cancer predisposition syndrome in which there is increased occurrence of multiple cancers although there is an increased prevalence of NHL (Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, which Emily had twice)(insert my own) and possibly osteosarcoma. The detection of EBV in two of the three NHL tumors suggests that the increased prevalence of NHL is attributable to the immunodeficiency.

Next week we will look at some outstanding organizations who help pediatric cancer families, like ours and other friends we have met along the way, here in Nebraska.